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The Latest Breaking News from Facebook

TikTokers flock to Chinese alternative

Xiaohongshu, or RedNote in English, has picked up tens of thousands of TikTok users looking for an alternative

Salon

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle call for Meta to reverse its decision on fact-checking, which they say was fueled by ‘ego or profit’

The royal couple has a history of being mistreated by misinformation in the media.

Fortune

How to politicize the truth on Facebook, Instagram, and Wikipedia

Control the arbiters of facts and you wield truth itself as a cudgel

The Guardian - US

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Mark Zuckerberg remakes a 'masculine' Meta

Zuckerberg told podcaster Joe Rogan that corporate America has rejected masculinity.

Fortune

Zuckerberg’s gaslighting isn't working

Mark Zuckerberg’s gaslighting about Meta’s shameful decision to end fact-checking is still very dangerous

Salon

Tech leaders want us to ditch Meta and X, but what are they offering instead?

Entrepreneurs and celebrities want to reclaim social media from billionaires. They hope to raise $30m to grow Bluesky, a social media app, into an ecosystem to rival Meta and X

Evening Standard

‘I’m alive’: man who uses wheelchair tells of New Orleans attack ordeal

Family of Jeremi Sensky, from Pittsburgh, suggests wheelchair may have acted as ‘boulder’ to help stop attack

The Guardian - US

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Why I have finally quit Facebook (it’s not just about fact-checking)

For years I’ve overlooked the many good reasons for leaving the social media platform. But now there is no other choice, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Biden just gave Trump a powerful weapon to use against EU tech regulation

Some EU countries will have to negotiate with Trump if they want large amounts of cutting-edge AI chips.

Fortune

Mark Zuckerberg thinks corporate culture needs *more* “masculine energy”

Big Tech’s love affair with ‘free speech’ hurts women and minorities the most

Marie Claire

Project to 'free social media from billionaire control' plans to take on Musk and Zuck using Bluesky's open source protocol: 'It will take years and hundreds of millions of dollars'

Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales, actor Mark Ruffalo, and more have endorsed Free Our Feeds.

PC Gamer

California Governor Spars With Musk Over Wildfire 'Lies'

California Governor Gavin Newsom has accused tech billionaire Elon Musk of spreading "lies" about the state's response to deadly wildfires ravaging Los Angeles, escalating their online row over swirling misinformation.

International Business Times

How Awful Policies Fueled the L.A. Fires

Plus: A listener asks the editors if Donald Trump is the most libertarian president ever.

Reason

Zuckerberg asks Trump to stop US companies from having to pay EU fines

Meta CEO says American companies shouldn't have to pay for violating EU regulations.

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The Independent UK

Frantic search underway for missing teenage girl in ‘throes of mental health crisis’

‘All [Lehigh Valley] police departments are on the job but we need your eyes, please’ urged her father

The Independent UK

Man attacked by shark says it wanted to kill him having mauled someone else – so he jabbed it in the eye

Peppino Fappani, 69, narrowly survived the attack in Egypt

InsideEVs

Rivian R3X Is Already A Hit With Rimac's CEO: 'Would Buy It In A Heartbeat'

Mate Rimac, the mastermind behind the Croatian electric hypercar brand and a bona fide EV visionary, is one of those CEOs who isn't afraid to gush about a good car when he sees it. I mean, what other CEO can confidently say that they drive a 20-year-old BMW E39 M5…

Evening Standard

Prince Harry and Meghan slam Meta over fact-checking changes

The Sussexes, in a statement on their Archewell website, said the new policy should ‘deeply concern us all’

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The Independent UK

Harry and Meghan criticise Meta over fact-checking changes

The Sussexes, in a statement on their Archewell website, said the new policy should ‘deeply concern us all’.

Fortune

Meta’s oversight board blindsided by Zuckerberg's decision to relax hate speech restrictions

Michael McConnell fears the decision by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to eliminate fact checking will not work.

The Independent UK

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry take aim at Mark Zuckerberg over ‘harmful’ Meta change

Duke and Duchess of Sussex urge Zuckerberg to reconsider changes affecting Facebook and Instagram

Fortune

Hollywood stars and geeks unite to billionaire-proof social media

The likes of Mark Ruffalo and Jimmy Wales are backing the Free Our Feeds project, to ensure Bluesky's tech will thrive even if the company goes bad.

The Conversation

The dynamics that polarise us on social media are about to get worse

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced big changes in how the company addresses misinformation across Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Instead of relying on independent third-party factcheckers, Meta will now emulate Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) in using “community notes”. These crowdsourced contributions allow users to flag content they…

The Guardian - US

The people fighting to get through to anti-science Americans: ‘It’s just talking to each other’

As science misinformation takes hold in the White House, those seeking to set the record straight need to meet people where they are

International Business Times UK

Meta Drops Fact Checkers: What It Means for Trump's Presidency, Misogyny and Gender Bias

Meta is replacing independent fact-checkers with X's "community notes" system, allowing users to assess post accuracy amid rising misinformation concerns.

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